{"id":376,"date":"2014-09-07T18:32:34","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T18:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintonlawgroup.com\/?p=376"},"modified":"2014-10-07T19:11:16","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T19:11:16","slug":"accredited-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mintonlawgroup.com\/?p=376","title":{"rendered":"Accredited Investors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whenever a company offers or sells its securities, it must register with the US Securities and Exchange Commission<\/a> (the “SEC”) or do its offering under the an exemption from the SEC’s registration requirements. \u00a0For many angel rounds, the exemption used is Ruglation D of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”). \u00a0An important consideration when ascertaining whether an issuance is properly exempted under Reg D is an inquity into whether the investors are “accredited” under the Act. \u00a0The federal securities laws define the term accredited investor in\u00a0Rule 501 of Regulation D<\/a>\u00a0as:<\/p>\n

1. a bank, insurance company, registered investment company, business development company, or small business investment company;<\/p>\n

2. an employee benefit plan, within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, if a bank, insurance company, or registered investment adviser makes the investment decisions, or if the plan has total assets in excess of $5 million;<\/p>\n

3. a charitable organization, corporation, or partnership with assets exceeding $5 million;<\/p>\n

4. a director, executive officer, or general partner of the company selling the securities;<\/p>\n

5. a business in which all the equity owners are accredited investors;<\/p>\n

6. a natural person who has individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person\u2019s spouse, that exceeds $1 million at the time of the purchase, excluding the value of the primary residence of such person;<\/p>\n

7. a natural person with income exceeding $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with a spouse exceeding $300,000 for those years and a reasonable expectation of the same income level in the current year; or<\/p>\n

8. a trust with assets in excess of $5 million, not formed to acquire the securities offered, whose purchases a sophisticated person makes.<\/p>\n

For more information about the SEC\u2019s registration requirements and common exemptions, read the SEC’s brochure,\u00a0Q&A: Small Business & the SEC<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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